Faculty

Title

Dr.

Mukesh Kumar Mahato

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Designation

Assistant Professor

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Email

mukeshkumarmahato@lb.du.ac.in

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Educational Qualifications : Ph.D

Degree

Institution

Year

Ph.D (Environmental Science)

Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, Jharkhand. PIN-826004

2015

Career Profile

 From: 02.11.2022 Onwards

Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi-110052, India

From: 02-09-2019 to 01-09-2022

Worked as CSIR- Senior Research Associate (Scientists Pool) at Water Resource Management Research Group in CSIR-Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, Barwa Road, Dhanbad.

Project titled: “Study of toxic metals and fluoride in the atmospheric dust and rain of the Mica Belt of Jharkhand and the associated health risks”.

From: 01-09-2017 to 31-08-2019

 Worked as SERB-National Post-Doctoral Fellow (N-PDF) at Water Resource Management Research Group in CSIR-Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, Barwa Road, Dhanbad.

 Project titled: “Distribution of toxic metals in dry and wet atmospheric depositions in mining areas of Singhbhum, Jharkhand”.

From:  11-08-2016 to 31-08-2017

Worked as UGC-Dr. D.S. Kothari Post-Doctoral Fellow in Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribag, Jharkhand,India.

Project titled: “Environmental Geochemistry and Qualitative Assessment for Sustainable Augmentation of Underground Pumped out Mine Water for Potable Purpose from Coal Mines of Damodar River Basin, India”.

From: 30-09-2014 to 30-11-2015

Worked as Solid Waste Management Specialist, Chas Municipal Corporation, Chas, Bokaro, Jharkhand.

From: 14-01-2014 to 29-09-2014

Worked as Chemist (Environment) in Electrosteel Casting Limited (Coal Block), Parbatpur, Bokaro, Jharkhand.

From:  03-09-2008 to 01-02-2012

Worked as Project Assistant Level –II, CSIR-Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, Dhanbad in XIth Five year Plan R& D Project sponsored by CSIR

Project titled: “Development of Cost effective Mine Water Reclamation Technology for Providing Safe Drinking Water”.

From: 11-12-2006 to 02-09-2008

Worked as Technical Assistant, Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, sponsored by BRNS R&D project.

 Project titled: “Baseline Studies of Bagjata and Banduhurang Sites of UCIL”.

Administrative Assignments

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Areas of Interest / Specialization

Research Guidance:

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Publications Profile

List of Publications in International Journals: (SCI Indexed)

Cumulative Impact Factor: 97.82

Year 2022(2):

1.       Mukesh Kumar Mahato, Abhay Kumar Singh and Soma Giri (2022) “Assessment of  metal pollution and human health risks in road dust from mineral rich zone of East  Singhbhum, India” Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 1-18 (Q1).

ISSN: 1573-2983, Impact factor: 4.898, DOI: 10. 1007/ s10653- 022- 01341-6.

2.       Mukesh Kumar Mahato, Abhay Kumar Singh and Soma Giri (2022) “Evaluation of metal contamination, flux and the associated human health risk from atmospheric dustfall in metal mining areas of Southern Jharkhand, India” Environmental Science and Pollution Research.29(20), 30348-30362. (Q2)

ISSN: 1614-7499, Impact factor: 5.190, DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-18463-6

Year 2021(5):

3.       Ashwani Kumar Tiwari, Abhay Kumar Singh, Soma Giri, Mukesh Kumar Mahato (2021) “Major ion chemistry and hydrochemical processes controlling water composition of Teesta River catchment, Sikkim Himalaya, India” International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry.1-19 (Q3)

ISSN: 1029-0397, Impact factor: 2.731, DOI: 10.1080/03067319.2021.1992402

4.       Soma Giri, Ashwani Kumar Tiwari, Mukesh K. Mahato, Abhay Kumar Singh (2021) “Integrated approaches to identify the major controlling factors of groundwater chemistry and quality assessment for suitability of different uses in West Singhbhum, India”. Environmental Earth Sciences, 80(22),1-14 (Q2)

ISSN: 1866-6299, Impact factor: 3.119, DOI: 10.1007/s12665-021-09981-0

5.       Mukesh Kumar Mahato, Abhay Kumar Singh, Prasoon Kumar Singh and Gurdeep Singh (2021) “Evaluation of factors influencing surface water quality in a coalfield area of Damodar valley, India: a sustainable uses” International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry. 66, 1-23. (Q3)

ISSN: 1029-0397, Impact factor: 2.731, DOI: 10.1080/03067319.2021.1946685

6.       Soma Giri, Mukesh Kumar Mahato, Pramod Kumar Singh, and Abhay Kumar Singh,  (2021) “Non-carcinogenic health risk assessment for fluoride and nitrate in the groundwater of the mica belt of Jharkhand, India” Human and Ecological Risk Assessment. 27, 1939-1953. (Q2)

ISSN: 1008-1027, Impact factor: 4.997, DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2021.1934814

7.       Soma Giri, Mukesh Kumar Mahato, Abhay Kumar Singh, (2021) ) “Multivariate linear  regression models for predicting metal content and sources in leafy vegetables and human  health risk assessment in metal mining areas of Southern Jharkhand, India” Environmental  Science and Pollution Research. 28(21), 27250–27260. (Q2)

ISSN: 1614-7499, Impact factor: 5.190, DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-12494-9

Year 2020(3):

8.       Mukesh Kumar Mahato and Abhay Kumar Singh (2020) “Evaluation of atmospheric dust  deposition rates and their mineral characterization in copper and iron mining areas,  Singhbhum, India” Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 70(12), 1378-1389.(Q3)

ISSN: 2162-2906, Impact factor: 2.636, DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2020.1818647.

9.       Soma Giri, Mukesh Kumar Mahato, Santanu Bhattacharjee, Abhay Kumar Singh, (2020) “Development of a new noncarcinogenic heavy metal pollution index for quality ranking of vegetable, rice, and milk”. Ecological Indicators, 113, 106-114. (Q1)

ISSN: 1470160X, Impact factor: 6.263, DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106214

10.   Soma Giri, Abhay Kumar Singh, Mukesh Kumar Mahato (2020) “Monte Carlo simulation based probabilistic health risk assessment of metals in groundwater via ingestion pathway in the mining areas of Singhbhum copper belt, India”. International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 30( 4), 447-460. (Q2)

ISSN: 0960-3123, Impact factor: 4.477, DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2019.1599101

11.   Mukesh Kumar Mahato, Prasoon Kumar Singh, Ashwani Kumar Tiwari and Abhay Kumar Singh (2016) “Risk Assessment Due to Intake of Metals in Groundwater of East Bokaro Coalfield, Jharkhand, India” Exposure & Health. 8(2),265-275.(Q1)

ISSN: ‎2451-9685, Impact factor: 11.422, DOI: 10.1007/s12403-016-0201-2

Books/Chapters Authored

1.         Mukesh Kumar Mahato, Prasoon Kumar Singh, Abhay Kumar Singh and Gurdeep Singh (2022) “Evaluation of Hydro-meteorological Conditions and Water Resource Prospects in East Bokaro Coalfield, Damodar Basin,India. Water Quality, Assessment and Management in India,Springer Earth and Environmental Sciences Library, 349-375. ISBN 978-3-030-95687-5

2.         Mukesh Kumar Mahato and Ashwani Kumar Tiwari (2021) “Evaluation of Shallow Ground Water Quality: A Case Study for a Coal Mining Environment (East Bokaro Coalfield) of Damodar Valley, India. Geostatistics and Geospatial Technologies for Groundwater Resources in India, Springer Hydrogeology, 385-398. ISSN: 2364-6462 2.

3.        Soma Giri, Abhay Kumar Singh, Ashwani Kumar Tiwari, Mukesh K. Mahato, and B. K. Tewary (2012) “Risk Assessment Due to Intake of Metals and Fluoride through the Ingestion of Groundwater in Giridih District, Jharkhand , India”. Frontiers in Environmental Research, Academic Excellence, New Delhi. ISBN: 978-93-80525-71-6

4.   Abhay K. Singh, Mukesh K. Mahato, and Ashwani Kumar Tiwari (2012) “Quality Assessment of Mine Water Resources of Jharia Coalfield, Jharkhand”. Frontiers in Environmental Research Academic Excellence, New Delhi. ISBN: 978-93-80525-71-6

5.     Ashwani Kumar Tiwari, Abhay K. Singh and Mukesh K. Mahato (2015) “Environmental Hydro-geochemistry and Groundwater Quality”. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing. ISBN-10 : 365944002

Conference Organization/ Presentations (in the last three years)

Oral / Poster Presentation

1.       Mukesh Kr. Mahato, Abhay Kumar Singh and Soma Giri “Evaluation of Fluoride and the associated human health risk in atmospheric dustfall in Mica belt of Jharkhand, India”in International Conference on  Air Quality and Human Health  on 22 - 24 September, 2022 at Department of Environmental Studies (DES) Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India (Oral Presentation).

2.       Mukesh Kr. Mahato, Abhay Kumar Singh and Soma Giri “Distribution of toxic metals and the associated human health risk assessment in the road dust from the mining and industrial areas of East Singhbhum, India”. In India international Science Festival (IISF-2019), held at Bishwa Bangla Convention Centre, Kolkata, 5th -7th, November, 2019 (Poster Presentation).

3.       Mukesh Kr. Mahato, Gurdeep Singh, Soma Giri and L. P. Mishra “Quantitative Assessment of Mine Water and Groundwater Resource Potential in a Coalfield Area of Damodar River Basin India”. National Seminar on Environment and Development in Eastern India, Status, Issues and Challenges (NSEDEI-2016) on 17th -18th, December, 2016 organized by Yugantar Bharti, Ranch (Oral Presentation).

4.       Mukesh Kr. Mahato and Gurdeep Singh “Evaluating the beneficial uses of mine water in terms of its quality and quantity in East Bokaro coalfield of the Damodar River basin, India”. In India international Science Festival (IISF-2016), held at NPL, New Delhi, 07th -11th, December, 2016 (Poster Presentation)

Research Projects (Major Grants/Research Collaboration)

Research Projects/Grants

Project titled: “Study of toxic metals and fluoride in the atmospheric dust and rain of the Mica Belt of Jharkhand and the associated health risks” funded by CSIR under CSIR Senior Research Associate (Scientist Pool Scheme).

Project titled: “Distribution of toxic metals in dry and wet atmospheric depositions in mining areas of Singhbhum, Jharkhand” funded by SERB-National Post-Doctoral Fellow scheme(N-PDF).

Project titled: “Environmental Geochemistry and Qualitative Assessment for Sustainable Augmentation of Underground Pumped Out Mine Water for Potable Purpose from Coal Mines of Damodar River Basin, India” funded by UGC-Dr. D.S. Kothari Post-Doctoral Fellowship scheme.

Awards and Distinctions

Grants, Scholarships, Honours, and Awards

Received Dr. Adinath Lahiri Award for the Highest Impact factor (IF) of Paper Published in SCI Journals during the year 2017-2018 from CSIR-CIMFR, Dhanbad in CSIR Foundation Day 4th October, 2018.

Received Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB)-National Postdoctoral Fellowship (N-PDF) (Award No. PDF/2017/000953).

Received UGC-Dr. D. S. Kothari Postdoctoral Fellowship (2016) (Award No. OT/15- 16/0017).

Received Junior Research Fellowship (2012) in IIT (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad. (Award No. 2012/DR/0047).

Received Young Scientist Award (2010) in Oral competition on 3rd Bihar Science Conference held on Feb.11-13, 2010 at Gaya College, Gaya (Magadh University Bodhgaya, Bihar).

Received Best Paper Award (2005) in Technical Session: Agriculture & related Applications in the Flyash India: International Congress, 4-7 December, 2005, organized by Flyash Utilization Programme (TIFAC),New Delhi.

Associated With Professional Bodies

Membership of Scientific Association/Community/Society:

·         Life membership of Environment & Social Development Association (ESDA), New Delhi. Membership No. L- 609.

·         Life membership of the Society for Environment & Sustainable Development and contribution towards environment protection & sustainable development, New Delhi.

·         Life membership of Association of Environmental Analytical Chemistry of India (AEACI), BARC, Mumbai, India: Membership No. LM 443.

·         Membership of Vigyan Bharti (VIBHA), New Delhi, India.

·         Membership of Air & Waste Management Association, Pittsburgh, USA. Membership No. jawma 50.

·         Student Membership of the International Water Association (IWA), India. Membership ID. 1625992.

Membership of International Association for Water, Environment, Energy and Society (IAWEES), India. Membership No. 5170 

Other Activities

Professional Skills

·         Analysis of Physico-chemical parameters of Water and Sediment Samples.

·         Geochemistry of Mine water of coalfield area

·         Toxic metal contamination in wet and dry atmospheric depositions.

·         Hydrogeochemical Assessment of Water Resources.

·         Study of Risk Assessment due to Intake of Heavy Metals.

·         Radiological Monitoring and Analysis of different Environmental Matrices.

·         Fly ash Utilization on Agriculture.

·         Ambient Air Quality Monitoring.

·         Water and Soil Quality Monitoring.

·         Municipal Solid Waste Management and Industrial Hazardous Waste Management.

 Instrument Handled

·         Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS-Varian, 240 FS)

·         Ion-Chromatograph (Dionex-120, ICS 900 and Metrohn)

·         Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (ICPMS- ELAN, DRCe)

·         UV-Spectrophotometer (Shimadzu UV-VIS)

·         Respirable Dust Sampler (SPM, RPM with PM10, PM2.5, SO2, NOx , O3 and NH4 and arrangements) v pH meter, Turbidity meter, Conductivity meter, Oil and Grease meter etc.

Computer Proficiency

·         Proficient in MS- Word, MS- Power Point, and MS -Excel and other Computer applications.

·         Computing skills for Geo-chemical (Grapher 8.0, Rocks Ware, Aquachem, Surfer[1]9.0) and Geo-statistical analysis (SPSS-20) 

Contributed as Convenor of Music and Dance Society, as  a member of the Placement  Cell and Prize Committee of  Lakshmibai College